scholarly journals Effects of Breed Type, Residual Feed Intake and Post-Mortem Aging on Physio-Chemical Properties of Triceps Brachii Muscle and Their Relationships With Beef Toughness

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. O. Ijiwade ◽  
R. C. Bimol ◽  
H. L. Bruce
Keyword(s):  
Connective Tissue ◽  
Meat Quality ◽  
Feed Intake ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Triceps Brachii ◽  
Breed Type ◽  
Total Collagen ◽  
Postmortem Aging ◽  
Triceps Brachii Muscle ◽  
Quality Measurements

ObjectivesThe influence of breed type, residual feed intake (RFI) and post-mortem aging on meat and carcass quality attributes and intramuscular connective tissue characteristics were examined in the bovine Triceps brachii, a high connective tissue muscle from the chuck. The hypothesis that selection for low RFI in beef cattle increases beef toughness, increases collagen content and reduces collagen heat solubility of the Triceps brachii was tested.Materials and MethodsSeventy-one beef steers from Angus (n = 23), Charolais (n = 24) and Angus crossbred (n = 24)) genetics were used. Each breed had high RFI and low RFI steers (n = 12). Muscles collected were aged for 3- and 13-days post-mortem (dpm). Final animal live weight, grade marbling, intramuscular pH, water holding capacity (WHC), intramuscular fat, cooking loss, drip loss, protein, temperature, moisture, color, RFI, and Warner Bratzler shear force (WBSF) data were collected for carcass and meat quality measurements. Total collagen, collagen heat solubility, and collagen cross-link Ehrlich’s chromogen (EC) of the isolated perimysium were quantified. Data were analyzed using a split-plot experimental design procedure (R software 3.4.1) with breed and RFI as main effects in the whole plot and postmortem aging included at the subplot level.ResultsFinal weight was significantly greater for Charolais (683 ± 9.58 kg) than Angus (554 ± 9.65 kg) and Angus crossbred (568 kg ± 9.58 kg) steers (P = 0.017), and grade marbling score was higher for high RFI (421 ± 19.85) than for low RFI steer carcasses (385 ± 19.82) (P = 0.001). No significant effects of breed type and RFI (P > 0.05) were observed on meat quality attributes. WBSF value at 3 dpm (3.72 kg) was significantly higher than at 13dpm (3.21 kg) (P < 0.005). Collagen solubility was significantly higher at 13 dpm (25.88%) than at 3 dpm (18.03%) (P < 0.005). Total collagen and wet endomysium were positively correlated (r = 0.44) as were total collagen and EC in raw muscle (r = 0.76), EC and wet perimysium (r = 0.42) and WBSF and EC at 13 dpm (r = 0.27) (P < 0.005). Total collagen and collagen solubility at 3dpm (r = –0.36) and 13 dpm (r = –0.63) were negatively correlated, as were EC and solubility at 3 dpm (r = –0.38) (P < 0.005).ConclusionIncreasing postmortem aging periods reduced WBSF and increased collagen heat solubility of the Triceps brachii muscle. With no effect of RFI on meat quality measurements, the production cost can be reduced by selecting for low RFI animals without sacrificing product quality.Table 7.Least square means (± standard error of the mean) for WBSF, soluble collagen, and collagen solubility of Triceps brachii muscles at 3 and 13 d post-mortem aging (dpm)

Meat quality and composition of three muscles from French cull cows and young bulls

2003 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Dransfield ◽  
J.-F. Martin ◽  
D. Bauchart ◽  
S. Abouelkaram ◽  
J. Lepetit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Connective Tissue ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Eating Quality ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Triceps Brachii ◽  
Quality Class ◽  
Cull Cows ◽  
Slaughter Age

AbstractThe quality of grilled steaks was assessed by experienced panellists in longissimus thoracis (LT), semitendinosus (St) and triceps brachii (TB) muscles of Aubrac, Charolais, Limousin and Salers breeds raised in two production systems: 15-, 19- and 24-month-old bulls and 4-, 6- and 8-year-old cull cows.Scores for sensory ‘initial tenderness’, ‘overall tenderness’, ‘juiciness’, ‘residue after mastication’ and ‘flavour intensity’ for all 497 meats were pooled to derive three eating quality classes.Meats from the bulls and cows and from the four breeds were evenly distributed among the three eating quality classes. The highest quality class, representing one third of all the meats, contained 45% of the LT, 35% of the TB and 21% of the St muscles and one third of the meats from the 8-year-old cull cows. The meats in this class tended to have finer fibres, a greater proportion of slow oxidative fibres, slower post-mortem glycolysis, lower connective tissue and higher fat contents than those in the lower classes.Lipid content accounted for proportionately 0·56 of the variation in flavour intensity and pH at 3 h post mortem, 0·52 of the variation in tenderness due to muscle and slaughter age.Considering both young bulls and cull cows together, tenderness was highest in the meats from 15-month-old bulls and low in the meats from the intermediate age groups, and flavour and juiciness was highest in the meats from the oldest animals from each production system.

scholarly journals Effect of breed and different crossbreeds of lambs males on meat quality

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Kuchtík ◽  
František Horák
Keyword(s):  
Connective Tissue ◽  
Meat Quality ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Intramuscular Fat ◽  
Water Holding Capacity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Triceps Brachii ◽  
Energy Value ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Water Holding

Effect of breed (German Long-wooled breed, GL, n = 6) and different crossbreeds of lambs males of breeds GL, Merino (M) and Oxford Down (OD) on meat quality was evaluated on the basis of laboratory analyses of muscle of right rack (musculus triceps brachii). Following crossbreeds of lambs were evaluated: OD 50 M 25 GL (n = 6), GL 50 OD (n = 6), OD 75 GL (n = 6) and GL 75 OD (n = 6). Breed and crossbreeds had a highly significant effect (P ≤ 0.01) on contents of intramuscular fat (IMF) and ash. The factor of breed and crossbreeds had also a highly significant effect (P ≤ 0.01) on water holding capacity and reflectance and a significant effect (P ≤ 0.05) on pH of meat in the period of 24 hours after slaughter (pH 24). On the other hand the factor of breed and different crossbreeds had not significant effect on contents of dry matter (DM), protein (P), myoglobin, hydroxyproline, collagen, elastin and connective tissue. This factor had not also significant effect on energy value in the original matter. The highest values of DM (23.60 %) and IMF (3.56 %) were found in OD 50 M 25 GL. The highest values of ash (1.05 %) were foud in GL 100 and OD 75 GL. The highest value of connective tissue (2.23 mg in 100 g of muscle) was found in OD 50 M 25 GL. On the other hand its lowest content (1.86 mg in 100 g of muscle) was found in OD 75 GL.

Meat and sensory quality of major muscles from Angus, Charolais, and Angus crossbred steers with high and low residual feed intake

2020 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-153
Author(s):  
Zhiqiang Jiu ◽  
Bimol C. Roy ◽  
Chamali Das ◽  
Wendy V. Wismer ◽  
Manuel Juárez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meat Quality ◽  
Feed Intake ◽  
Shear Force ◽  
Residual Feed Intake ◽  
Gluteus Medius ◽  
Genetic Group ◽  
Triceps Brachii ◽  
Lower Shear ◽  
Longissimus Lumborum ◽  
Feed Costs

Effects of residual feed intake (RFI) and genetic group on growth, carcass, and meat quality characteristics of bovine longissimus lumborum (LL), triceps brachii (TB), semimembranosus (SM), and gluteus medius (GM) muscles were investigated using 72 purebred Angus, purebred Charolais, and Angus crossbred steers (n = 24 per genetic group) classified as either high (inefficient) or low (efficient) RFI (n = 12 high and low RFI steers within genetic group). There was no RFI effect (P > 0.05) on growth, carcass, and meat quality measurements except high RFI steers had the highest dry matter intake (P < 0.05), and low RFI TB was rated as having reduced beef flavour intensity and sustained juiciness (P < 0.05). Purebred Angus and Charolais LL and GM had lower shear force values (P < 0.05) than Angus crossbreds and ageing reduced mean shear force values except in TB. For TB, SM, and GM, Angus crossbred steers had the highest mean beef flavour intensity scores, and Charolais SM and TB were less tender than those of Angus crossbred (P < 0.05). Overall, RFI did not influence most meat quality traits; therefore, low RFI animals may contribute to reducing feed costs or environmental impact without compromising meat quality and palatability.

scholarly journals The Effect of Green Tea (Camellia sinensis) Leaf Powder on Growth Performance, Selected Hematological Indices, Carcass Characteristics and Meat Quality Parameters of Jumbo Quail

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7080
Author(s):  
Steve Kgotlelelo Mahlake ◽  
Caven Mguvane Mnisi ◽  
Cornelia Lebopa ◽  
Cebisa Kumanda
Keyword(s):  
Meat Quality ◽  
Green Tea ◽  
Feed Intake ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Normal Ranges ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Leaf Powder ◽  
Zinc Bacitracin ◽  
Grower Diet

Green tea leaves contain a wide range of active bio-compounds that are essential for sustainable quail intensification; however, its feed value is not known for the Jumbo quail. Therefore, this study evaluated the effect of different levels of green tea leaf powder (GTLP) on physiological and meat quality parameters of the Jumbo quail. One-week-old chicks (n = 350; 56.1 ± 2.12 g live-weight) were evenly distributed to 35 replicate pens and reared on five experimental diets formulated as follows: a standard grower diet with zinc-bacitracin (PosCon), a standard grower diet without zinc-bacitracin (NegCon), and NegCon diet treated with 10 (GT10), 25 (GT25) and 50 g/kg (GT50) of GTLP. Weight gain linearly decreased in week 2 but increased in week 4, whereas feed conversion efficiency linearly declined in weeks 2 and 3 as GTLP levels increased. Overall feed intake, carcass yield, and caecum and colon weights showed a linear increase with GTLP levels. Hematological parameters fell within the normal ranges reported for healthy quail. The GT10 group showed larger liver weights than the PosCon and NegCon groups. It was concluded that dietary inclusion of GTLP enhances overall feed intake and carcass performance but not feed efficiency, hematological and meat quality parameters of Jumbo quail.

scholarly journals The Influence of Broilers’ Body Weight on the Efficiency of Electrical Stunning and Meat Quality under Field Conditions

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1362
Author(s):  
Giorgio Smaldone ◽  
Stefano Capezzuto ◽  
Rosa Luisa Ambrosio ◽  
Maria Francesca Peruzy ◽  
Raffaele Marrone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Meat Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Electrical Equipment ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Body Weights ◽  
Corneal Reflex ◽  
Experimental Trials

Water-bath stunning represents the most-applied stunning system in poultry slaughtering, but within the European Union, specific indications on electric parameters that should be used, such as voltage, are missing. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of two commercially available types of electrical equipment (A and B) on broilers with different live body weights and the influence of the tested parameters on meat quality. Experimental trials in a European Union-approved slaughterhouse were carried out using two different stunners. 6600 broilers, divided into three weight groups, were stunned applying different protocols based on the same current frequencies and intensity but different voltages. The state of unconsciousness (presence of corneal reflex and wings flapping) and post-mortem defects (pectoral hemorrhages and dark meat) were evaluated by blinded trained operators. The presence of corneal reflex and petechiae were the most reported consciousness signs and post-mortem injuries, respectively. Different weights played an important role within stunner A, registering statistical differences (p < 0.01) among groups. Considering injuries, an inverse relationship between body weight and lesions was found. The results highlighted the effectiveness of both stunning systems applying the best combination of electrical parameters considering the weight of the animal and ensuring its well-being.

Preslaughter Transport Effect on Broiler Meat Quality and Post-mortem Glycolysis Metabolism of Muscles with Different Fiber Types

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (47) ◽  
pp. 10310-10316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaofei Wang ◽  
Jiaolong Li ◽  
Jiahui Cong ◽  
Xiangxing Chen ◽  
Xudong Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meat Quality ◽  
Fiber Types ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Broiler Meat ◽  
Transport Effect ◽  
Broiler Meat Quality
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